What words pop into your head?
As a mother, maybe, Caring or Trouble or Sensitive or Shy or Passionate or Kind or Daring or maybe even Yikes!
How about this word? Activist.
It’s likely the word activist is one Mary Beth Tinker’s mother may have used when describing her daughter.
In 1965 Mary Beth Tinker was 13. She and her friends made history – by being activists.
Armband Advocacy
This young group of friends wore black armbands to school to mourn the Vietnam War dead and support the Christmas peace truce being urged by Robert Kennedy. Mary Beth was suspended as were others. Yet her 13-year old activism resulted in the landmark free speech Supreme Court Case, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District.
In a few short weeks, on January 21st, people will gather for Women’s Marches in cities across the country showing their advocacy, their fortitude and their strength – just like Mary Beth Tinker did in 1965.
And just like Mary Beth Tinker, my daughter and I will be wearing our black armbands in the Women’s March on Madison on January 21st.
Thank you Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin for working with women owned BlackPaint Studios to create this powerful reminder of advocacy while allowing us to support the country’s largest provider of reproductive health care.
How will your perfectly perfect 13-year-old heart, advocate for the issues and rights that are important to you?
#Riseup
#Bevisible
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